Doug Huntington

President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd in Detroit on Monday, urging bipartisanship in order to solve the country’s economic problems. His remarks follow Friday’s jobs report which was considered worse than expected. The nation’s unemployment rate has shown no improvement, staying at 9.1 percent.

A Louisiana school district that has been riddled with religious lawsuits got some backing Wednesday after a panel of judges overturned a decision that had formerly barred them from opening their meetings with prayer.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) planned to introduce a new amendment Thursday that would strengthen the enforcement of broadcast decency laws, which would in effect protect children from violence and sexual material on television.